4-43: Blue and Red’s Declaration of War II (4/7)

4-43: Blue and Red’s Declaration of War II (4/7)

When Shinichi said those words in a jesting tone, Myuhis back instantly chilled, and her hair stood on end.

After all, the boy was right. Everything could end at his whim.

If he used his power without holding back, the world would incur catastrophic damage.

If he used his information gathering ability and revealed everything, the world would fall into chaos.

With his teleportation and recognition interference abilities, running away from him would be difficult too.

Swept by the flow, shed spoken to him as she had until now, but this man before her has never actually been her equal.

Whether it was his individual combat ability or his influence, he was far above her.

Suddenly, the two donuts in his fingers seemed to represent the two worlds, and Myuhi found herself gulping, and her body tensed, but then

Sir, please dont play with our stores donuts.

Despite speaking politely, there was a pressure about the mans smile that left no room for arguments.

Shinichi froze and hastily threw the donuts into his mouth.

M-Manager!? Hamuamu, goku! I-Im sorry. Its as delicious as ever! Yes!

The sight of him stretching his back out in attention made Myuhi rub her eyes.

For a moment, she wondered if she was seeing things.

I see. Thank you for always eating at our store. Enjoy yourselves, the store manager gently said, but his eyes seemed to say, if youre just going to play with our donuts, Ill kick you out.

He had a gentle face, but that just further accentuated the pressure he gave off.

Overwhelmed by that pressure, Shinichis audacious behavior vanished as he seemed to shrink.

That continued until the manager left, causing Myuhis jaws to drop.

E-Ehhh Is this for real? The manager of a donuts store is superior to the person that threatened the world?

Just that Shinichi treating the man so politely was already plenty surprising, and yet the man that had turned over the dark side of the world just recently actually had a weak attitude toward the manager of some donuts store.

This state of affairs felt intensely unreasonable to Myuhi.

And yet to the person in question, this was only a given.

Because that really is the case, so it cant be helped. Compared to a person that can only destroy, a person that can create is much more amazing.

Shinichi said as he glanced at the back of the store, a glance that Myuhi followed.

Through the glass-paned cooking area, the manager could be seen already making new donuts.

Shinichi watched with a gentle gaze that seemed reverent yet at the same time envious, as though he yearned to be like the man but knew that such a wish would not be granted.

Myuhi was speechless. Of course, there was shock too.

It was as though the sight before him was so precious that he looked on with gentleness.

To the man that stood alone against the world, the person that could make donuts was great.

Although Myuhi knew more than the average Garestonian about Japanese culture, this was a perspective difficult for a Garestonian, whose culture revered warriors, to understand.

But beyond that, for some reason, the clear resignation in his eyes made her chest ache.

A different kind of unreasonable from earlier attacked Myuhi.

In the end, was that really the reason why she was so aggressive?

Unable to find an answer to those questions, Shinichi continued.

A part of me wants to agree, but I thought it was better to hide it. There are indeed threats that ought to be revealed, but since the threat this time could be dealt with quietly, theres no reason to needlessly fan anxiety and mess up the peace.

If that were to happen, then all those people desperately fighting would have been fighting for naught.

To fight for peace yet stir the pot for recognition would be putting the cart before the horse.

As he said that, he tilted his cup to moisture his throat, then smiled meaningfully.

Well, to the people trying to stir the pot, this would be preaching to the choir, or perhaps, preaching to the deaf would be more apt? I dont know, finding a good idiom is hard.

Painfully true was probably what he was looking for, but Myuhi couldnt say that.

She could see the mischievousness in his face while complaining about how problematic idioms were, but she couldnt refute him, so she chose to keep quiet instead.

No matter how great the cause, she knew that they were committing evil.

Thats why his words were really painful to her.

Peace(Something) like this could break anytime. Kutorias peace is on thin ice, it wont last.

Perhaps it was an attempt to cover up her guilt or perhaps she was trying to get back at him for being mischievous again, but regardless, she said that in a pouting manner, a rare sight from her.

Almost immediately after, however, she became astonished at herself for how childish that remark was.

But

You dummy, peace has always been like that regardless where.

Shinichi agreed with her as though that sort of thinking was a given.

In fact, Myuhi was only talking about peace in Kutoria, but Shinichi was thinking of a much bigger scope.

It doesnt matter if there are weapons or Status, not even the relationship of the two worlds. As long as theres a little bit of malice, peace is something that can easily break. In fact, even without malice, peace is something that can easily crumble at any time.

For example, Shinichi started before giving several examples.

He pointed at a car driving outside of the store, then asked, What if the driver had ill intent and stepped on the accelerator and drove it here? Right there and then, the peace in the store would end.

Even in the absence of skill, preparing a cause for conflict is something that even a child could do.

You could enter the kitchen when no ones watching and ignite the oil, and suddenly, you have a catastrophe.

Even if the fire is dealt with quickly, business would stop for a day, and the little peace here would be ruined.

Even now theres a chance for burglary, and it wouldnt be strange for remnants of the volunteer army to pop out too.

It is even possible that a different organization would take advantage of the gap after the last incident to start their own activities.

Shinichi started giving one ominous example after another as though hed seen them himself.

A normal person would likely find them to be nothing more than the hilarious results of a persons overindulgent imagination.

But Myuhis back froze. Because they were indeed things that could occur, and much more easily too than people think.

As a terrorist in charge of making such incidents happen, she was all too close to such stories, stories that could happen at anywhere and at anytime.

Among other thingsWe could fall into a dimensional hole right at this very moment and be sent to another world. Who knows?

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